The declaration came in response to a question about whether he’d take any action to combat the climate crisis if reelected in November.
“I want absolutely immaculate clean water and I want absolutely immaculate clean air. And we had it. We had H2O,” he said. “We had the best numbers ever and we were using all forms of energy, all forms, everything.” The U.S. did have water during Trump’s first term. That much is true. But while Trump often talked about wanting clean water and air, he was no environmental champion. He
of clean water protections and dozens of environmental rules. Much of his deregulatory policy was aimed at lifting up fossil fuel and other extractive and polluting industries.“I don’t know where the hell he’s been,” Biden said, before touting his landmark climate legislation, the sprawling package known as the Inflation Reduction Act, in 2022.“The cleanest water?” Biden pondered. “He hasn’t done a damn thing for the environment.